Tag: Truth
The Two Truths in Buddhism (Relative vs. Ultimate Truth)
Category: Buddhist Path | Recent Meditation Posts Understanding the Buddhist Two Truth Doctrine Is there a difference between how awakened beings and ordinary beings perceive the world? According to the Buddha’s teachings there is indeed, and the teachings on the two truths or two realities can help us understand what the difference is. What we…
The Fourth Noble Truth — the Eightfold Path
Introduction The Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha’s Noble Truths, and he described it as the way that leads to the uprooting of the causes of suffering, and thus to increasingly stable and profound peacefulness, wisdom, virtue, and happiness. Each of the eight elements of this Path is described by a word that…